intrinsic muscles of the hand (mnemonic)

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Useful mnemonics to recall the intrinsic muscles of the hand and some of their features include:

  • All For One And One For All
  • PAd DAb
  • FOAL/LOAF

Mnemonics

All For One And One For All

This mnemonic recalls the intrinsic muscles of the hand in their relative palmar anatomical position from lateral to medial:

  • A: abductor pollicis brevis
  • F: flexor pollicis brevis
  • O: opponens pollicis
  • A: adductor pollicis
  • O: opponens digiti minimi
  • F: flexor digiti minimi
  • A: abductor digiti minimi
PAd DAb

This mnemonic recalls the function of the palmar and dorsal interossei:

FOAL/LOAF

This mnemonic recalls the four intrinsic muscles of the hand innervated by the median nerve, whereas all the other intrinsic muscles are ulnar nerve:

  • F: flexor pollicis brevis
  • O: opponens pollicis
  • A: abductor pollicis brevis
  • L: lateral two lumbricals
Anatomy: Upper limb

Anatomy: Upper limb